Pokemon GO players looking to grind as much EXP as possible should be weary of bans

The Pokemon GO Easter Event is now live and for many players, it offers the opportunity to make some serious headway when it comes to levelling up and gaining a serious amount of experience points, thanks to the events 2XP bonus.

This is particularly true for players who are already past level 30 in the game, where levelling up can in some instances require upwards of 1 million experience points.

However, players looking to make the most of the double XP and discounted lucky eggs might also want to be careful.

It's possible that Niantic could issue you with a soft ban, should you exceed the daily limit for Pokemon caught and PokeStops spun.

It was discovered that Niantic will issue soft bans should players catch over 1,000 Pokemon or spin 2,000 Pokestops within the games rolling 23-hour window, similar to the defender bonuses given to players.

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While it's possible to receive a soft ban for the number of Pokemon caught or PokeStops spun, The Silph Road has found no evidence to suggest that there are any caps on the number of Pokemon which can be evolved or equally XP gained.

As a way of proving this, one player has already posted evidence on The Silph Road to show how he managed to gain 1.2 million EXP in under twelve hours by doing "just under 500" evolutions.

Equally, while it won't result in any sort of soft ban, players are unable to earn any bonuses once they've walked 42km in a day.

"After this, you do not get any more candy from your buddy Pokemon but may still be able to hatch eggs. The counters will still increment and reset without awarding candy." explained one Silph Road Redditor posting a PSA to any players unaware of the imposed limit.

This cautionary news comes after it was revealed that Gen 2 Starter Pokemon, including Chikorita, Cyndaquil and Totodile are now all available from hatching 5km Eggs.

Previously these three Pokemon were unavailable in eggs, but Silph Road users have now confirmed the news and posted images of their trainers' journals as proof.

Given how scarce this three starter Pokemon can be (when not found in nests) it will be fantastic news for any players looking to acquire a large quantity of candy to use for their evolves forms of Bayleef, Meganium, Quilava, Typhlosion, Croconaw and Feraligatr.

Although players would only be hatching one Pokemon, they would acquire a larger quantity of candy, and one Silph Road player noted that they received 22 candies for hatching the Totodile.

This change to the game's starter Pokemon was roughly hinted at during the release of a new Pokemon GO Plus trailer (below), which shows all three hatching, albeit out of 2km eggs.

The Pokemon GO "EGGSTRAVAGANZA" in-game event officially kicked off last night at 9PM and will last for one week until April 20, 2017 at 9pm BST.

As suspected, Niantic will cash in on the event through the in-game shop which will be offering 50% off for Lucky Eggs. Currently Lucky Eggs cost, 80 coins for 1, 500 coins for 8 and 1250 coins for 25.